Some girl was explaining how there was so much glass in the office block so it seemed really posh and because of that she knew right away she wanted to work there. Was that representative?

I saw last weeks Andrew Neil prog. It started off ok, but kind of lost it's way. As far as I can see, the political parties are at problem #1, cos of the way they select candidates. Problem #2 is the broader structure of politics and it's insidious SpAd culture. Private schools (and a lack of selective schools as a bridge between the two*) may or may not be problem #3, but I find it hard to care when #1 and #2 would be a much more logical and easy thing to change. And if you did that, problem #3 may well end up as diminished anyway.

*he came from a selective gramar school and seemed to lament the phasing out of a lot of them. I went to a selective non-fee paying grammar school. It was decent enough, but hardly a breeding ground for future politicians and leaders, and I'm not convinced of it's overall merit. A properly set-streamed comprehensive would probably have made me a more rounded person. It'd certainly make that pair of Eton wankstains better people. The /concept/ of fee-paying schools doesn't rile me at all compared to how much the bile rises when I see/hear sneering rahs like that.